Opiyo Oloya: 2 books
Child to Soldier
Stories from Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
What happens when children are forced to become child soldiers? How are they transformed from children to combatants? In Child to Soldier, Opiyo Oloya addresses these timely, troubling questions by exploring how Acholi children in Northern Uganda, abducted by infamous warlord Joseph Kony and his Lord’s...
Black Hawks Rising
The Story of AMISOM’s Successful War against Somali Insurgents, 2007-2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2016
“Black Hawks Rising” tells the story of the formation and deployment of the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) in March 2007. Initially confined to peacekeeping within the Mogadishu enclave, it transformed into a peace-making mission. Many - including the author, who predicted the mission...